Curtain-fixture.



N0. 689,038. Patented Dec. I7, I90]. B. CASPAR CURTAIN FIXTURE. (Application filed Aug. 7, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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RICHARD CASPAR, OF LISBON FALLS, MAINE.

CURTAIN-FIXTURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 689,038, dated December 17., 1901. Application filed August '7, 1901. Serial No. 71,203. (No model.)

To all whom; it may concern.-

Beit known that I, RICHARD CASPAR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lisbon Falls, in the county of Androscoggin and State of Maine, have invented a new and useful Curtain-Fixture, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in curtain-fixtures.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of curtain-fixtures and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient one provided with brackets adapted to be adjusted to suit the length of a curtainroller and adapted to receive different kinds of curtain-rollers, thereby obviating the necessity of fastening the brackets at different points on a window-frame and preventing the latter from being marred and injured by numerous screw-holes.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a portion of a window provided with adjustable window-shade brackets constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the bracket which holds the journal that is connected with the spring of a spring-actuated curtainroller. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the other adjustable bracket.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

1 and 2 designateadjustable window-shade brackets, each provided with an inwardlyextending slide 3, arranged within a horizontal way 4 of a guide or casing 5, consisting, preferably, of a plate angularly bent at opposite sides to provide approximately L- shaped flanges and a central connecting portion. The outer portions of the L-shaped flanges are provided with perforations 6 for the reception of screws or other suitablefastoning devices for securing the plate or casing to the window-frame. The central portion of the guide plate or casing is provided with a longitudinal slot 7, through which passes a screw 8, which engages a threaded perforation 9 of the slide 3. A washer 10 is preferably interposed between the head of the screw and the outer face of the central portion of the guide plate or casing, as clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 4, and the screw is adapted to be readily turned by a screwdriver when it is desired to adjust the bracket. The bracket is provided with the means hereinafter described for holding the curtain-roller, and it is capable of ready adjustment to move it inward and outward to accommodate curtain rollers of diiferent lengths, and it will be apparent that when the curtain is in position the inwardly-extending slides and the guide plates or casings will be concealed. Also by adjusting the brackets in this manner it is unnecessary to remove them and fasten them at different points to accommodate diiferent shade-rollers and the window-frame will not be marred or otherwise injured by numerous screw-holes.

In order to obviate the necessity of changing the brackets for different curtain-rollers, the bracket 1 is provided with upper and lower recesses 11 and 12, and the bracket 2 has upper and lower bearings 13 and 14. The outer ends of the brackets are enlarged, and the recess 11 is cut or otherwise formed at the top of the bracket and is adapted to receive the spring-journal of an ordinary curtain-roller having a metallic journal at the otherend. The bearing 13,which is arranged at the top of the bracket 2, is small and is adapted to receive a metal journal. The lower bearing-opening 14 of the bracket 2 is larger than the upper bearing-opening and is adapted to receive the end of a wooden curtain-roller which is not provided with a metallic journal. The bearing-opening 14 is provided with a suitable lining 15, preferably of fabric or some composition which will not wear the wood of the curtain-roller. By this construction the bracket 2 is adapted to receive those curtains which are provided with rollers having metallic journals and also those in which the end of the wooden roller is to be placed in a bracket.

The bracket 1 is provided at its lower portion with an approximately L-shapedslot or opening 16, consisting of a horizontal portion or entrance 17 and an upright portion or seat which extends downward from the horizontal portion. The horizontal branch 01' entrance 17 extends from the inner edge of the enlarged outer portion of the bracket 1, and the latter is provided at the top of the lower portion or seat with a projecting lug 18. The lower slot or opening of the bracket 1 is de signed to receive the spring-journal of a curtain-roller which is fitted in the enlarged bearing-opening of the bracket 2.

It will be seen that the curtain-fixture is simple and comparatively inexpensivein construction, that the brackets are strong and durable, and that they are capable of ready adjustment and are also adapted to receive difierent kinds of curtain or shade rollers.

What I claim is Acurtain-fixture comprisinga pairof guide plates or casings having horizontal ways and provided with longitudinal slots, the adj ustable brackets provided With slides arranged in the ways, one of the brackets being also provided with a small bearing-opening to receive a metallic journal and with a large bearing-opening for the reception of one end of a roller, and the other bracket being provided with an upper recess and having a lower L-shaped slot or openingformingahorizontal entrance and providing a projecting lug, and fastening devices operating in the said slots and securing the slides in their adjusted positions, substantially as described. In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

RICHARD OASPAR.

\Vitnesses:

AUGUSTUS W. POTTER, LOUIS R. JAoK. 

